Record-breaking application numbers defined the Class of 2030 admissions cycle, underscoring just how competitive the college application process has become. For rising seniors and younger high school students, understanding these trends offers valuable insight into the evolving admissions landscape, whether you’re applying this fall or planning for the years ahead. In our February post on Early Decision and Early Action results, we discussed how a growing number of highly se

Key Insights from the First Round of College Decisions As we near the end of the 2025-26 admissions cycle, it’s time to review results from the early application rounds and analyze the data that’s available so far. The Class of 2030 continued to break records with an astonishing number of applications to a wide array of schools. Similarly, we saw a continuing trend of dropping acceptance rates, with almost every school becoming more competitive. Overall, the data shows only s

As students start hearing from their early, rolling, and priority decision colleges in the next few months (you can view B2A’s list of...